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Built in the Late Neolithic on the highest point of the hill, it was surrounded by circular stone enclosures separating it from the other houses of the settlement, which were smaller and simpler. <br>The building is orientated east-west and consists of a porch (1), a main chamber (2) and a back room (3). The entrance door is located on the west wall. 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Its excavator, Chr. Tsountas, identified it as a potter's workshop, because of the large number of vases it contained when it was destroyed by fire. Two building phases were identified, both of the Middle Neolithic. During the first phase (Middle Neolithic IIIA, 5700-5400 BC) the building was a simple ...</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="1" rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><img src="/0/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1"></td> <td width="341" align="left" valign="bottom" class="textSMnormal"><img src="/0/spacer.gif" width="1" height="3"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="bottom" class="visitlink"><a href="/h/2/eh251.jsp?obj_id=5148" class="bluelinkSMALL">more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"></td> </tr> </table></td> <td width="20"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><img src="/0/spacer.gif" width="1" height="10"></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> <script>drawFooter();</script> </body> </html>